"Medicare" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)
| Descriptor ID |
D006278
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N03.219.521.346.506.564.663 N03.219.521.576.343.840 N03.706.615.696
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| Concept/Terms |
Medicare- Medicare
- Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
- Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2013 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 2014 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2015 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2016 | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| 2017 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2018 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| 2019 | 8 | 17 | 25 |
| 2020 | 6 | 22 | 28 |
| 2021 | 4 | 26 | 30 |
| 2022 | 6 | 28 | 34 |
| 2023 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| 2024 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicare" by people in Profiles.
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Real-world treatment patterns in drug na?ve type 2 diabetes population: Initial combination therapy vs. sequential step-therapy. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2025 Jan-Feb; 65(1):102295.
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Disease-free survival as surrogate for overall survival in real-world settings for esophageal cancer: an analysis of SEER-Medicare data. ESMO Open. 2024 Nov; 9(11):103934.
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Racial and sociodemographic disparities in the use of targeted therapies in advanced ovarian cancer patients with Medicare. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2024 Nov 04; 34(11):1661-1670.
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Hospital and Patient Factors Associated With Length of Hospitalization in Patients Who Have Osteoarthritis Undergoing Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: An Analysis of National Data. J Arthroplasty. 2025 Apr; 40(4):887-892.e2.
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Factors associated with the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors in older adults with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and pre-existing autoimmune disease: A SEER-Medicare study. J Geriatr Oncol. 2024 11; 15(8):102071.
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Risk of antimuscarinic initiation with cholinesterase inhibitor use in Alzheimer's disease. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2025 Jan; 128:105629.
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Delirium event and associated treatment modifications among older adults with Alzheimer's disease: An interrupted time-series analysis of Medicare data. Pharmacotherapy. 2024 Oct; 44(10):782-793.
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Real-world trends in the use of maintenance therapy in ovarian cancer across the United States from 2017 to 2021. Gynecol Oncol. 2024 Nov; 190:255-261.
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Trends in the use of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and recently diagnosed colorectal, lung, or prostate cancer. Clin Rheumatol. 2024 Nov; 43(11):3301-3312.
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Group-based trajectory modeling to identify adherence patterns for direct oral anticoagulants in Medicare beneficiaries with atrial fibrillation: a real-world study on medication adherence. Int J Clin Pharm. 2024 Dec; 46(6):1525-1535.